Editing Small seal script (section)

== Standardization ==
The standardized use of small seal characters was promulgated via the ''[[Cangjiepian]]'' primer compiled by Qin Shi Huang's ministers—namely his chancellor [[Li Si]]. This compilation, which was claimed to include 3,300 characters, is no longer extant, and is known only through Chinese commentaries over the centuries. Several hundred characters from fragmented commentaries were collected during the [[Qing dynasty]] (1644–1912), and recent archeological excavations in [[Anhui]] have uncovered several hundred more on bamboo strips, showing the order of the characters.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} However, the script found was not the small seal script, as the discovery dates back to the [[Han period]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}